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Focus on what the competition isn’t

When I started my law practice, I started to look at what the competition was doing and I decided to do things differently. Other ERISA attorneys charge by the hour, they charge for every phone call, and I just didn’t want to nickel and dime clients...By: Ary Rosenbaum
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Ary Rosenbaum | Jan 09,2020 |

Key California Employment Law Cases: December 2019

This month's key California employment law cases involve disability discrimination, wage and hour, and arbitration agreements enforcement. Doe v. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation, No. E071224, 2019 WL 6907515 (Cal. Ct. App. Nov. 27, 2019) -...By: Payne & Fears
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Payne & Fears | Jan 09,2020 |

How Secure Is Your Retirement Plan After the SECURE Act?

On December 20, 2019 the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act was enacted into law. The Act includes minor changes to the law in several areas, along with some significant changes regarding the distribution of certain...By: Varnum LLP
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Varnum LLP | Jan 09,2020 |

New Retirement Distribution Rules Begin in 2020: The SECURE Act Giveth and Taketh Away: Pullman & Comley

The first important new law impacting retirement distributions in over a decade was enacted on December 20, 2019 as the SECURE Act (“Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019”)....By: Pullman & Comley, LLC
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Pullman & Comley, LLC | Jan 09,2020 |

Delaware Confirms the High Threshold for Material Adverse Effect Claims and Interprets ‘Commercially Reasonable Efforts’

A year after Akorn v. Fresenius (Akorn case), the first Delaware case holding that a party was entitled to terminate a merger agreement based on a material adverse effect (MAE), the Delaware Court of Chancery, in Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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National Employment Perspective: Focus on the NLRB and Employee Communication

Recent Changes to NLRB Guidance Regarding Employers’ Policies Involving Employee Communication - Two recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have significantly overturned earlier rulings regarding employers’ abilities to...By: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. | Jan 09,2020 |

Latest Set of DOL Opinion Letters Clarify FLSA Salary Basis and Overtime Calculations, Government Agency FMLA Coverage

Getting the new year off to a quick start, the United States Department of Labor issued three Opinion Letters on January 7, 2020. These letters concern the salary basis test and overtime calculations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and...By: Littler
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Littler | Jan 09,2020 |

Financial Daily Dose 1.9.2020 | Top Story: “Highlights” from Carlos Ghosn’s Accusatory Press Conference

A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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Robins Kaplan LLP | Jan 09,2020 |

Nuclear Power Company Avoids ADA Discrimination Claim Meltdown

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Flaherty v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, No. 18-1759, 2019 WL 7046367, at *1 (1st Cir. Dec. 23, 2019), the First Circuit struck a terminated nuclear plant security officer’s self-serving affidavit opposing...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP | Jan 09,2020 |

EB-5: 2020 and Beyond

The EB-5 program is undergoing the most significant changes in over 10 years – maybe ever. The changes are driven primarily by the new regulation increasing investment amounts and significantly restricting the geographical areas that qualify as...By: Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP
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